Taking a closer look at an odd bug in Google search snippet preview of an indexed Google+ post.

Every day I run a brand search query to see who is talking about us. I checked one particular mention by John Mueller which refers to a short little article/observation I posted in March.

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Interview with a celebrity science fiction writer, Robert J. Sawyer, and his plan to beat PageRank.

Note: This interview is a follow-up to an article titled “Work of Fiction Inspires a New Search Engine“. For those of you with less than 10 minutes to spare, here’s a quick teaser:

I am a hard S.F.

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Google’s mission to create a platform of social engagement continues unabated a year after the launch of Google+. Recently, the company made two exciting announcements for the social network: it is going on tablets and it is making life events easier and more fun to share on the web.

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Google has many hidden features that can enhance and focus search queries, but not all of them are known to the public at large. These are in addition to the standard and advanced search options that are displayed whenever people use Google.

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Have you ever lost reception while driving and discovered your Google map app could no longer give you directions? Previously, an internet connection was required to access area maps, so in places with low or no reception, you’d just have to find your own way.

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In news that caught the attention of nobody, Wolfram Research implemented a significant upgrade to its Wolfram|Alpha answer engine.

Wolfram|Alpha is one of the smartest answer engines out there, and so much more than that. Based on British scientist Stephen Wolfram’s 1988 mathematics platform Mathematica, Wolfram|Alpha uses sophisticated algorithms to attempt to distil the meaning of questions.

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Code Club is a visionary new organisation dedicated to generating interest in and teaching children to code. They want to establish a free nationwide after school club for children aged 10-11 where the children will learn coding. Some of their objectives include getting a code club set up in a quarter of all primary schools in the UK by 2014 and to make coding a fun and cool activity for children to get excited about.

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